Dairy Champions Named At Monroe County Fair
Monroe County Fair champions in dairy breeds announced by County Agent Leonard Anderson. Winners include Guernsey Floyd Nichols Sparta and Rodney Wilde Wilton. Jersey Sherwin Giraud Sparta and Gordon Clay Tomah. Holstein Barrett Brothers Camp Douglas and Vaughn Hankee Cashton. Shorthorns Don Haldeman Norwalk and Brown Swiss Reuben Lenz Tomah. Showmanship awards went to Betty Wappler Clifton, Carolyn Henderson Norwalk, and David Meyer Sparta along with other recipients and special prizes from Tri-State and Guernsey Breeders associations.
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Tomah
Wis
Monroe County Fair
Leonard Anderson
Guernsey
Floyd Nichols
Sparta
Rodney Wilde
Wilton
Jersey
Sherwin Giraud
Gordon Clay
Barrett Brothers
Camp Douglas
Vaughn Hankee
Cashton
Don Haldeman
Norwalk
Reuben Lenz
Betty Wappler
Clifton
Holstein Breeders Assn
Tri-State
Carolyn Henderson
David Meyer
Paul Nichols
Assn
Piper Breeding Service
Carl Brandamn
Kay Brieske
Jerry Lydon
Diane Jones
LaMont Nienast
Louise Hartley
James Gerke
Waterloo
Iowa
Walter Zirk
Kendall
Marcela Blaskey
Halters
Norma Blackburn
Joyce Kowitz
Currycombs
Tri-State Breeders Cooperative
Royce Neitzel
Holstein
Marcella Blaskey
Oakdale
Richard Brandau
Pat Guy
Karen Gerke
Ayrshire
Joe Andringa
Martin Seis
Shirley and
la von Pottinger
Waukron Pastor Resigns Post at St John’s Lutheran
The Rev. William Benbow resigns after four years as pastor of St. John's Lutheran Church in Waukcon Iowa. He will take a new post as pastor of a church in Ames Iowa upon effective date November 1.
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Waukon
Iowa
William Benbow
St. John’s Lutheran Church
Ames
Towa
Sparta Blood Drive Falls Short At Masonic Temple
Sparta Wisconsin special report: despite Camp McCoy aid the Red Cross Bloodmobile failed to meet 155 pint quota at the Masonic Temple collecting 117 pints with 22 rejected. 131 volunteer hours logged as three new Gallon Club members were named Allman Vieth Norwalk Sister Mary Jeanne Sparta William Skoyen Sparta and two new two gallon donors Durward Leverenz Sparta and Mrs Spencer Johnson Cataract. About 30 Camp McCoy soldiers donated.
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Sparta
Wis
Spencer Johnson
Camp McCoy
League Entertained At Chaseburg Farm
Mr and Mrs Laurence Johnson will entertain the Luther League at their farm home Sunday evening If it rains the meeting moves to the Middle Coon Valley Church Assisting with serving are the Biihorde Gilbertson Starch Mahlum Lebion and Hanson families
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Chaseburg
Wis
Laurence Johnson
Luther League
Otto Biihorde
Paul Gilbertson
Woodrow Starch
Lloyd Mahlum
Claude Lebion
Henzil Hanson
Middle Coon Valley Church
Sparta Red Cross drive falls short of goal in 1958 totals
Sparta Wisconsin special report shows Anson Jackson announcing receipts of 3171.72 from 267 workers in western Monroe County. The goal was 7000 as W C Sterandt thanks volunteers. Chapter retains 61.47 percent with numerous ward and local donors listed.
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Sparta
Wis
Anson Jackson
American Red Cross
Monroe County
W. C. Sterandt
Sparta Red Cross
National Red Cross
State offers Stonefield Farm site for Hall of Fame
The Wisconsin Historical Society asks Congress to locate the National Agricultural Hall of Fame at Stonefield Farm and Craft Museum near Cassville. It cites ready facilities, a large agricultural collection, and growth prospects from the Great River Road as reasons. Stonefield sits in Nelson Dewey State Park and has housed state historic programs since 1953.
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Dewey
Nelson Dewey
Wisconsin
Admiral George Dewey
Thomas E. Dewey
New York
Stonefield
Agricultural Hall of Fame
Hall of Fame
State Historical Society of
Taylor WMF Sets Silent Auction
Taylor Lutheran WMF will hold a silent auction during its meeting in Taylor Wisconsin on Wednesday August 13 starting at 2 p.m. Members are urged to bring articles for the session.
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Taylor
Taylor, Wis
Taylor Lutheran Wmf
Westby Worker Promoted at Eastern Airlines
Miss Donna Ottum, a reservationist with Eastern Airlines in Chicago, has been promoted to the silver liner department from a group of ten. She is the daughter of Mr and Mrs Tillman Ottum and will attend Northwestern University night school this fall studying French and psychology.
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Westby
Wis
Donna Ottum
Eastern Airlines
Chicago
Ottum
Tillman Ottum
Northwestern Uni- Donniversity
Woman Honored On 82nd Birthday in Whitehall
The family of Mrs. Augusta Mattson gathered at her Whitehall home Sunday to celebrate her 82nd birthday. Attendees included Mr. and Mrs. Harry Kins Ellsworth, Mr. and Mrs. Walter Albrecht St. Paul, Richard Mattson and family Taylor, Newland Twelme and son Paul Ettrick, Marcel Lyga Independence, Al Mattson and son John Mattson with Carolyn and Betsy, James Holton, H. M. Mattson, and Mrs. Anna Everson.
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Carolyn
Betsy
James Holton
H. M. Mattson
Anna Everson
Whitehall
County Directed to Remodel Jail Within 90 Days
Crawford County has 90 days to remodel its Prairie du Chien jail after a state welfare department inspection found it fails to meet updated standards. The county had previously remodeled in 1953 to satisfy earlier rules, but the standards have since tightened and bids are now being sought.
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Prairie DU Chien
Wis
Crawford County
State Department of Public Welfare
Camp McCoy trains 62,000 soldiers in 1958 summer program
Camp McCoy Wisconsin reports that through August 31 1958 some 36 000 reservists and 26 100 guardsmen trained at the summer camp with 1 015 reserve students for a total of about 62 000 participants for the season. The facility lists an inventory value of 34 567 000 dollars and serves five of six Army Reserve divisions and two National Guard divisions in the 5th Army area.
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Camp Mccoy
Wis
America
Middlewest
Midwest
People of America
5Th Army
Army Reserve
5Th Army Command
National Guard
Operation Heart blood drive aids Kay Sjolander
At Camp McCoy 82nd Engineer Battalion volunteers provide rare blood for Kay Sjolander 18 Tomah who travels to Minneapolis for heart surgery. Fifty six donors identified as compatible among 550 unit members and 2200 support troops with 96 samples flown to Minneapolis for testing.
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Camp Mccoy
Wis
Kay Sjolander
Tomah
Minneapolis
Variety Heart Center
Sjolander
Clayton A. Bird
82Nd Engineer Battalion
Stolander
Col. Bird
Willie N. Thomas
82Nd
38Th Infantry Division
Indiana National Guard
Indiana
Harold W. Handley
Miss
Anita Rusch
Former Ettrick Man Honored by Chiropractic Honor Society
Robert M. Engelsen formerly of Ettrick has been accepted as a member of the Pi Tau Delta international chiropractic scholastic honor society at Davenport Iowa where he attends the Palmer School of Chiropractic. Membership is limited to undergraduates with an A average. Engelsen is the son of Mrs Gladys Larson Milwaukee formerly of Ettrick.
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Ettrick
Wis
Robert M. Engelsen
Pi Tau Delta
Davenport
Iowa
Palmer School of Chiropractic
Engelien
Gladys Larson
Milwaukee
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